On the wiki I have edited some pages, I edited a page on gaming and education. The post that I want to create is about Toys. I want to create this because toys now and toys from when I was younger have changed so much. I can also discuss how new media has affected toys, with so many games that connect to the internet today. And do these toys that have new media help children’s development or is it bad for them.
File sharing is the ability to transmit files from one computer to another over a network or the internet. P2P file sharing, meaning peer to peer. It is the distribution and sharing of digital media using peer to peer networking technology. It allows people to access media files such as books, music, movies and games. Another example of P2P file sharing is using it to lend out loans. According to the article Peers Find Less Pressure Borrowing From Each Other banks refuse loans and that results in peer to peer lending. The article states “investors make a nice profit, but consumers still get lower rates than they would with a conventional lender because peer-to-peer lending operates like a marketplace.”
Some suggestions I would make using new media would to see it to bring the students and faculty together. Such as using tools like blogs and the wikis to keep everyone updated on events that are happening. It is also good for the classroom, with getting to know people. If blogs and wikis are set up where you have to interact with other people’s work, it’s a push to help you get to know each other. There are many times when people just go to class and literally don’t talk to anyone, but if you see the person that has been commenting on your work that could then start an in person conversation. Another way to use new media is to make some kind of account for every club, team, and group on campus, whether it is an Instagram account, Facebook, Twitter, etc. This way the students and faculty can follow the pages and get updates about all the information these groups have to offer. But is not just for the people that attend the school it can also be useful to the people who are looking into attending or working there, it’s a useful tool to attract new people.
New media gives you access to share whatever you like, whether it’s a status update, a picture or video. When posting you are allowed to pick the option of who is allowed to see what you have posted. But there is always a way around privacy, such as if someone tags someone else in a picture their profile will come up. Or another example of no privacy that comes along with new media is that websites believe everything is about easy access so you could be looking up anything like clothes, for example and then you could be on Facebook and then there is an advertisement on the side is about that item you were just searching for. According to the article ” The Wild West of Privacy”, there are big companies that collect data on people and then sell to other companies that want to know everything about people from their everyday habits, their health even their finances. It has also become very easy to access medical information. With new media I think comes the scary reality that you could use every privacy setting on your information but it doesn’t really make it private.
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